Take the High Ground

Take the High Ground (1953)Cast and Crew

Movie"From its rowdy ribald horseplay to its rousing marching song from its hardboiled hates and slugging feuds to its toughbut tender love story this is a drama of our times exciting exalting young brave and alive"

Cast

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Richard Widmark
as Sgt. Thorne Ryan
K
Karl Malden
as Sgt. Laverne Holt
E
Elaine Stewart
as Julie Mollison
C
Carleton Carpenter
as Merton "Tex" Tolliver
R
Russ Tamblyn
as Paul Jamison
J
Jerome Courtland
as Elvin C. Carey
S
Steve Forrest
as Lobo Nagalaski
R
Robert Arthur
as Donald Quentin Dover IV
M
Maurice Jara
as Franklin D. No Bear
W
William Hairston
as Daniel Hazard
B
Bert Freed
as Sgt. Vince Opperman
A
Acquanetta
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
M
Matilda Caldwell
as Mrs. Hazard (uncredited)
C
Charlita
as Mexican Girl (uncredited)
J
John Close
as Military Policeman (uncredited)
J
Joe Dominguez
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor (uncredited)
L
Lester Dorr
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
N
Nacho Galindo
as Mexican Man (uncredited)
J
Jack Gargan
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
D
Dabbs Greer
as Shorty (uncredited)
D
Don Haggerty
as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
C
Creighton Hale
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
H
Harry Hines
as Drunk (uncredited)
G
Gordon Jones
as Moose (uncredited)
R
Richard Landry
as Recruit (uncredited)
B
Bill Lee
as Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)
M
Mickey McCardle
as Soldier (uncredited)
S
Steve Mitchell
as Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)
T
Tom Quinn
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
V
Vernon Rich
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
S
Suzanne Ridgway
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
H
Harry Stanton
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
C
Clarence Straight
as Cowboy (uncredited)
R
Regis Toomey
as Chaplain (uncredited)
T
Tommy Walker
as Soldier (uncredited)
G
Guy Wilkerson
as Carey's Father (uncredited)
R
Robert B. Williams
as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
W
Wilson Wood
as Marine Friend (uncredited)

Crew

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Richard Brooks
Director
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Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
C
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
E
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
J
John D. Dunning
Editor
E
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
D
Dore Schary
Producer
D
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
W
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
M
Millard Kaufman
Screenplay
M
Millard Kaufman
Story
G
George Robotham
Stunts
G
Guy Way
Stunts
H
Herman Hoffman
Associate Producer
F
Fritz Ford
Stunts
J
John Alton
Director of Photography
J
Jerry Thorpe
Assistant Director
R
Ray Saunders
Stunts
A
Alfred E. Spencer
Set Decoration
M
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
F
Frank Wesselhoff
Painter
C
Conrad Kahn
Sound
J
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
W
Walter K. Sims
Technical Advisor